Jack Smith (lawyer)
American lawyer and special counsel (born 1969)
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I think you’ve already perjured yourself.”
- When Smith appeared confused and said he hadThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
We took our obligations seriously under the speech or debate clause,
- Mr. Smith saidThe New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…
If asked whether to prosecute a former president today, based on the same facts, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat,
- Smith said in his opening statementGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
- he saidABC 7 Newsabc7news.com/story/ex…
- Smith said in his opening statement TuesdayThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
I will not be silenced,
- Former Special Counsel Jack Smith told Senate panel CNNCNNcnn.com/2026/09…cnn.com/2026/09…
- he saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
- Smith told the US Senate Judiciary Committee, appearing voluntarily for his second public hearing before Congress on his investigations of TrumpIrish Timesirishtimes.com/world/us…
- Special Counsel Jack Smith told Senate panel CNNCNNcnn.com/2026/09…
I recall going to a University of Maryland basketball game where Caitlin Clark was playing right around that time,
- Smith saidHuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/eric…
- Smith testifiedThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
As I appear before you today, it is my belief that the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we have experienced in our lifetime,
- Smith saidAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
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FBI tracked Melania, Barron Trump ahead of 2022 Mar-a-Lago search, documents show
The Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…The FBI investigation codenamed "Plasmic Echo," later taken over by special counsel Jack Smith, examined Trump’s alleged improper retention of classified and national-defense material and possible obstruction
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/biden…Amy Klobuchar Explains How She Knew Eric Schmitt Was Putting On A Clown Show Before He Did
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/senator…Eric Schmitt’s allegation rested on an apparent mix-up between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Senator Marsha Blackburn Sues Over Jack Smith’s Subpoena During Trump Inquiry
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…Blackburn is asking a federal court to declare Smith's appointment unconstitutional, order the records destroyed and award $1 in nominal damages
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/secret…Kaitlan Collins Has Just 1 Line For Eric Schmitt’s Catastrophic Blunder
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/kaitlan…Republican senator explodes after Jack Smith conspiracy theory falls apart
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee makes an appeal for disappointed ‘MAHA’ voters
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…And Jack Smith faces questions on his handling of the investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testifies before Senate panel on Trump investigations
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…Republican senator explodes after Jack Smith conspiracy theory falls apart
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Senate GOP to press Jack Smith on Trump Jan. 6 probe as DOJ targets investigators
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/justice…Dems face tricky votes before midterm sprint
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/insid…Less discussed, however, has been what Senate Democrats could do to stop the danger
Guardiantheguardian.com/commentisfree/…As Trump turns up the heat on Iran, Israeli generals question his — and Netanyahu's — motives
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Trump made his remarks on Thursday as oil prices once again surged past the symbolic $100 for a barrel of Brent crude, the international benchmark — and amid indications the price could go higher still
Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…US launches 13th night of strikes as Iran warns of escalation in the Gulf
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/video/newsfeed…Trump made his remarks on Thursday as oil prices once again surged past the symbolic $100 for a barrel of Brent crude, the international benchmark — and amid indications the price could go higher still
Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…Trump threatens Iran and Houthi rebels with 'major military punishment'
France 24france24.com/en/middle…The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iranian military targets early Friday, July 24, marking the 13th night of active combat in the region as President Donald Trump vowed to use frozen Iranian assets to pay for any damage to shipping
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…US air deployments rise in Middle East as Trump warns Iran of 'massive' attack: 'Bigger than ever'
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Iraq’s Prime Minister presents a US-Iran ceasefire proposal in Tehran following Trump talks, while Iran’s Foreign Minister blames America's attitude for ongoing conflict
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Trump warns of largest strikes on Iran yet as Tehran lashes out across Gulf
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Trump made his remarks on Thursday as oil prices once again surged past the symbolic $100 for a barrel of Brent crude, the international benchmark — and amid indications the price could go higher still
Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…Trump ‘close to making a decision’ on ‘massive attack’ against Iran
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/administr…Iran Draws Red Line On Oil Exports, Warns US Of Regional Fallout: 'If We Don't Sell Oil, No One Will'
ABP Livenews.abplive.com/news/world…Assessing four of Trump’s key claims about the war
CNNcnn.com/2026/07…To focus on Trump’s defects risks making war itself appear as an aberration rather than as a recurring feature of American power
Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…US-Iran conflict: House approves bid to limit war with Tehran as oil hits $100
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/mena…Iran war reignites debate over US energy-permitting reform
Financial Timesft.com/content/c1c69ecc…Trump: US will hold Iran responsible for any Houthi attacks
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…US ramps up strikes on Iran as Tehran threatens powerful retaliation
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/mena…Jack Smith Faces DOJ Criminal Referral, Accused of Lying in Testimony
Newsweeknewsweek.com/jack/smith…Jim Jordan accuses the former special counsel of misleading members of Congress in a referral that Democrats say ‘will get laughed out of court,’ Alex Woodward writes
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Jack Smith hit with criminal referral as GOP moves testimony fight toward prosecution
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/jack…Jim Jordan says House weighing criminal referral of Jack Smith for allegedly lying to Congress
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/jim…Jack Smith thrust back into spotlight at Blanche hearing over exposed senators’ messages
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/jack…Former U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's team reviewed text messages from 44 Republican and Democratic members of Congress during his investigation
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Florida’s OpenAI lawsuit moves to federal court — and gets assigned to Aileen Cannon
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…Grassley asked Blanche to respond by July 22 on whether anyone was disciplined, whether Trump's attorneys or the federal court overseeing the case were notified, and whether any classified information was compromised
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/politics/jack…Jack Smith says he's 'very concerned what's going to happen next election' under Trump
CNBCcnbc.com/2026/07…During a television broadcast on Thursday, former federal special counsel Jack Smith expressed deep concern regarding the current state of American jurisprudence
International Business Timesibtimes.com/jack/smith…Trump 'Absolutely' Would Have Gone To Prison If He Didn't Win Second Term, AG Blanche Says
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/todd…Blanche’s DOJ is currently leading an investigation seeking to prove a ‘grand conspiracy’ to damage Donald Trump over the last decade
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Trump 2020 election denier Kurt Olsen joins Justice Department
Reutersreuters.com/legal/legalindustr…Todd Blanche defends Trump's $1.8B ‘slush fund'
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Acting AG Todd Blanche believes Trump 'absolutely' faced prison without 2024 election win
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/acting…Blanche led Trump’s defense team in the infamous hush money trial in 2024 when he was convicted of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic performer, in the lead-up to the 2016 election to silence her about an alleged affair
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/acting…Former Pro-Trump Podcaster: ‘Does This S**t Look Like He’s Serving The F**king People?’
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/former…Todd Blanche defends Trump's $1.8B ‘slush fund'
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…JONATHAN TURLEY: Former prosecutor accused of stealing files and hiding them as recipes
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/opinion/jonathan…Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, was charged with two counts of theft of government money or property, valued less than $1,000
CNNcnn.com/2026/05…Police sue to block Jan 6 rioters from payouts via Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
France 24france24.com/en/americas…Capitol riot defendants and Trump allies seek compensation from new fund
Reutersreuters.com/legal/government…Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ ‘weaponization’ fund
The Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump for creating an 'anti-weaponization' fund, accusing him of misusing taxpayer money to benefit January 6 Capitol rioters
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…In wild late-night posting spree, Trump attacks Obama with imaginary quote and false conspiracy theories
CNNcnn.com/2026/05…Big Brother commands a machinery of propaganda that bombards his subjects with relentless projections of strength, combined with savaging of enemies real or imagined
The Atlantictheatlantic.com/ideas/2026…Lawyers: Biden to fight DOJ plan to release audio of his talks with ghostwriter
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…Former President Joe Biden plans to go to court to block the Trump administration's planned release of about 70 hours of partially redacted audio from his 2017 interviews with the ghostwriter who helped him write his memoir
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/newsfront/joe…Jack Smith escalates Trump DOJ clash with blistering private-event rebuke
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/jack…FBI agents who investigated Trump file lawsuit alleging retaliatory firing
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Former FBI Agents Seek Class-Action Suit Against Bureau, DOJ
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…House Panel Sends Classified Brennan Records to DOJ
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/politics/john…DOJ, White House dismiss Raskin claims as political
Reutersreuters.com/legal/government…Conservatives accuse Jack Smith of improper ties with judges in Trump cases after new document dump
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/conservat…Recently, social media, particular the Internet bilge that is Xwitter, has been alive with denunciations of former special counsel Jack Smith
Esquireesquire.com/news/politics…FBI investigation into Kash Patel was more extensive than previously reported
Reutersreuters.com/legal/government…Stephen Miller and Kash Patel compete to flatter Trump the most at Memphis briefing
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Comey subpoenaed in 2016 election probe in Florida
The Hillthehill.com/policy/defense…Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed in a federal case that alleges there was a wide-ranging 'grand conspiracy' among officials who investigated and prosecuted President Donald Trump
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…FBI fires a dozen after Biden-era subpoenas of Patel, Wiles come to light
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/fbi…FBI fires agents who worked on Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/administr…One specific action officials detail is how the Bureau recorded a phone call between now-White House Chief of Staff Wiles and her attorney
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…US judge Aileen Cannon issues permanent order in Trump documents case
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1393463…A US judge permanently barred the Justice Department on Monday from releasing a prosecutor’s report on the criminal case accusing US President Donald Trump of unlawfully retaining classified documents following his first term in office
News24news24.com/world/us…Former Jack Smith deputy involved in prosecuting Trump announces run for office
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/former…J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to ex-special counsel Jack Smith, launched a campaign on Wednesday as a Democrat for Congress in Virginia
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/campaign…GOP senators grill telecom giants over phone record subpoenas
The Hillthehill.com/policy/technology…All three companies got subpoenas for phone records as part of special prosecutor Jack Smith's investigation into Trump’s effort to overturn his loss of the 2020 election to his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, and the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters
Reutersreuters.com/legal/litigation…Senate poised to pass massive funding package
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/senate…Dems snub Moreno’s ‘best and final’ ACA offer
Politicopolitico.com/newsletters/insid…Former DC police officer Fanone: Jack Smith hearing ‘kangaroo court’
The Hillthehill.com/blogs/in…Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two now-defunct criminal cases against President Donald Trump, defended the integrity of his investigation during a combative hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill
CNNcnn.com/2026/01…Trump takes Davos on wild ride
Buenos Aires Timesbatimes.com.ar/news/world…So President Trump has finally dialled down his insane rhetoric on Greenland, first promising he would not use military force to seize the Danish overseas territory — which is generous of him — and later vowing not to raise tariffs further on his European allies
Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…European Leaders Scramble to Find a Path Forward With Trump
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/01…On Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump prepared to address the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and demand that Denmark hand over Greenland to the United States, members of the Danish and U.S. foreign policy establishment gathered at a think tank in Copenhagen
HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/us…Former police officer, 2020 election denier get into altercation at Jack Smith hearing
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/house…Smith, who oversaw investigations into President Donald Trump surrounding the January 6, 2021 rally at the United States Capitol building and classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, publicly testified about those probes before House committee on Thursday
Newsweeknewsweek.com/fight/almost…House jams Senate by attaching repeal of Jack Smith provision to $1.2T funding package
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/house…Sanders accuses Trump of pushing US and world ‘toward authoritarianism’
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/sanders…One clip shows Trump apparently struggling to walk in a direct line on the red carpet, drifting towards the edge before correcting himself and heading back towards the centre
Daily Expressexpress.co.uk/news/us…Speaker Johnson backs impeachment of 2 federal judges, claiming ‘egregious abuses’
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/house…While it's never something Johnson explicitly ruled out, his support comes after House GOP leaders signaled opposition to such a move last year
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/johnson…Trump calls on judge to block his own DOJ from releasing Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…In a 19-page filing submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Trump’s lawyers requested an order barring “current, former and future” DOJ officials from releasing Volume II of Smith’s final report
Newsweeknewsweek.com/trump/block…Jack Smith to testify next week at a public House Judiciary Committee hearing
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/jack…Smith had requested a public hearing before that testimony, but Republicans refused
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/congress…Republican senators ramp up impeachment rhetoric against judges
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/congress…Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Wednesday called on Congress during a Senate hearing to impeach two federal judges, making his most elaborate case yet for imposing the extraordinary sanction on a pair of closely scrutinized jurists
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/cruz…US Capitol riot anniversary exposes a country still divided
CNAchannelnewsasia.com/world/us…Trump supporters gathered in Washington on January 6, 2021 after the president urged them to protest Congress's certification of his election defeat to Joe Biden
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/01…Key takeaways from Jack Smith's testimony to House Judiciary Committee
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/key…Smith's first appearance on Capitol Hill was marked by sharp exchange and fierce defense of his work. it was also eight hours long
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/key…In Hearing Transcript, Jack Smith Defends Decision to Indict Trump
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2025/12…Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland as the Department of Justice's special counsel to oversee the criminal investigations into President Donald Trump's actions during the January 6 United States Capitol attack
Newsweeknewsweek.com/jack/smith…